MTP-12 UPC Female to Unterminated Fiber Pigtail, 12 Fibers, OM4

Malaysian upgrade projects can use this configuration where its interface and fiber map align with both the installed cabling and the new hardware. This fiber pigtail terminates outside-plant or backbone cable into a connectorized panel: MTP-12 UPC Female to Unterminated Fiber Pigtail, OM4 glass, with a factory-polished MTP UPC connector on one end and a prepared fiber strand on the other. Fusion-spliced onto the incoming cable, it turns a raw fiber route into a documented, testable port. The MTP interface carries twelve fibers on one connector, meaning that a single splice operation terminates a full parallel-optics trunk position.

Product Highlights

• Bend Insensitive Fiber with 7.5mm Min. Bend Radius
• Ribbon Fiber for Mass-fusion Splicing and Multi-fiber Connectorization
• Used to Ensure Efficient Use of Space and Rapid Network Deployment
• For Field Installation Using Fusion and Mechanical Splicing
• US Conec MTP® Connector with Optimal 0.35dB Low IL

Specifications

Connector A	US Conec MTP® Elite Female (Non-Pinned)
Connector B	Unterminated
Fiber Mode	OM4 50/125μm
Wavelength	850/1300nm
Polish Type	UPC
Fiber Count	12 Fibers
Cable Jacket	Unjacketed
Min. Bend Radius	7.5mm
Connector Durability	500 times
Tensile Strength	80/240N (Long/Short Term)
Insertion Loss	≤0.35dB (0.15dB Typ.)
Return Loss	≥27dB
Attenuation at 850nm	≤2.3dB/km
Attenuation at 1300nm	≤0.6dB/km
Operating Temperature	-60 to 85°C (-76 to 185℉)
Storage Temperature	-60 to 85°C (-76 to 185℉)
Fiber Mode	OM4 50/125μm
Wavelength	850/1300nm

From raw fiber route to documented port

Each structured cabling plant ends the same way: a cable arrives at a frame, and its fibers must become ports. The pigtail is the component that makes that conversion. Spliced into a tray and presented on a panel, every strand gains a connector with a known optical signature, a position in the documentation and a place in the test record. That conversion - cable to port - is where link quality is won or lost.

Mechanical splicing as the field fallback

Where a fusion splicer is not equivalent to available, mechanical splices get the link up: the strand cleaves, seats in the mechanical splice body and locks against the field fiber. The loss is higher than a fusion joint and the reflectance worse, meaning that the practice is a fallback rather than a standard - but for urgent restoration work a pigtail that supports the two methods keeps the option open.

Keeping twelve-fiber splices organized

Multi-fiber splicing rewards method: whole one color fully - strip, clean, cleave, splice, sleeve - before starting the next, and dress every finished strand into the tray in sequence. The color-coded set makes the pairing unambiguous, and the tray stays readable for the next technician who opens it. A tray that reads clearly and consistently is a tray that gets re-entered without new faults.

Color coding as a working discipline

Twelve fibers, twelve colors, one order: the TIA-598 sequence is the only thing standing between a tidy splice tray and a crossed plant. The strands in this set follow the standard sequence, meaning that the splicer matches colors between cable and pigtail without guesswork. When the documentation follows the same sequence, a fault on position seven months from now is found in minutes rather than traced strand by strand.

MTP pigtails for parallel-optics positions

Parallel-optics trunks arrive as multi-fiber cables and must become MTP ports on the mounted panel. A twelve-fiber MTP pigtail makes that conversion in one splice operation per trunk tube: the twelve strands splice onto the backbone, and the factory-polished MTP interface presents the full dozen lanes as a single port. Per-lane documentation follows the fiber positions, keeping polarity and assignment unambiguous for the transceivers that will mate with the mounted panel.

Choosing the fiber mode for the plant

Single-mode OS2 serves long links, PON access and any plant where distance or wavelength plans matter; the bend-insensitive glass grade keeps attenuation stable in dense trays. OM3 and OM4 multimode serve hardware rooms and data halls where transceiver cost favors short-reach optics. OM1 and OM2 remain in service in legacy plants and must be matched like-for-like. The pigtail mode must equal the completed cable plant mode - a mismatch splices poorly and performs worse.

Bend-insensitive glass in dense trays

Splice trays and panel rear spaces punish fiber: tight routing, crowded dressing and the occasional hurried re-entry all bend strands beyond what legacy single-mode tolerated. The bend-insensitive grade used in this pigtail holds attenuation stable at bend radii that would fog conventional glass, which keeps the link margin intact after the tenth tray opening, not just at commissioning. Malaysian upgrade teams can use this detail to compare the new assembly with the installed cabling records.

Sparing and kit planning for termination work

Pigtails belong in the termination kit in counted sets with spares: strands break, connectors get contaminated beyond recovery, and a missing spare converts a ten-minute task into a second visit. Plan one spare set per frame position, keep spare strands capped and bagged, and record which set went into which tray so replacement stock can generally be ordered to the identical specification.

A splicing workflow that scales

Productive termination crews work to a fixed routine: mount the tray, dress the completed cable, splice the pigtails color by color, protect every joint, test every completed port, then close and label. With the routine fixed, a two-person crew terminates a full frame position in a predictable time, and the test record maps cleanly onto the documentation. The consistency also makes quality auditable - same materials, same sequence, same pass criteria across each site.

Testing and Inspection Practice

Each pigtail is optically tested before packing: insertion loss and return loss are verified on every terminated leg, and the ferrule end faces are inspected for scratches and contamination. The strands ship coiled, capped and bagged, with the test results available on request.

Ordering and Customization Support

Refer to this pigtail by connector, polish, fiber mode, fiber count and construction when seeking a quotation. For configurations outside the listed options - mixed connector families, jacket ratings, lengths or project packing - send the need with the inquiry and the factory will determine the manufacturable specification. For Malaysian upgrades, our team can compare the requested build with the existing environment before production begins.